Now this is cool: researchers from the non-profit group SRI International have designed a robot that can climb most walls using an electrostatic charge between itself and the wall to stop it from falling.
I forsee a number of uses for this: military surveillance, cleaning windows, scaring little girls, building inspections etc.
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